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Catherine Hamlin
Dr Catherine Hamlin is an Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist, the co-founder of Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital with her late husband, New Zealander Dr Reg Hamlin. The Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital is the world's only medical centre dedicated exclusively to providing free fistula repair surgery to poor women suffering from childbirth injuries. Dr. Hamlin has been recognised by the United Nations agency UNFPA as a pioneer in fistula surgery for her development of techniques and procedures for obstetric fistula treatment.